The African lungfish (Protopterus dolloi): Ionoregulation and osmoregulation in a fish out of water

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-112

  Wilkie, Michael P ^a,b   Morgan, Tammie P ^a   Galvez, Fernando ^a,c   Smith, Richard W ^a   Kajimura, Makiko ^a   Ip, Yuen K ^d   Wood, Chris M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; ION; SODIUM; UREA; WATER;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ESTIVATION; FISH; OSMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION; AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FISH; HISTOLOGY; IMMERSION; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AIR; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHLORIDES; ESTIVATION; FISHES; IMMERSION; IONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SODIUM; UREA; WATER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; PROTOPTERUS AETHIOPICUS; PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33845948395     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508837     Document Type: Article

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